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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MAY 5,1947
"Blow Real Hard, Now"
Kansan Comments
Vague Legislation Is Not The Answer
The All-Student council has passed a resolution setting up penalties for parties which engage in so-called "mud-slinging" and name calling.
We feel that the measure as passed by the council is ambigious and unenforceable on a just basis.
There are no hard and fast limits that can be set to determine exactly what is legitimate campaigning and what is "mud-slinging" but some general bounds should be set to guide the student court in such matters.
Libel laws are of this nature. It would be fruitless and foolish merely to say that it is against the law to print or utter a libel if no general standards were determined to guide courts in determining what is and what is not libel.
There is little question that something needs to be done to clean up political activities such as the campus has seen of late.
But vague, undefined measures such as this one will not do the job. Who will determine what "mud-slinging" is? And on what standards will those decisions be based?
The present measure leaves the door open for arbitrary action by a student court which has no specific guide for its deliberations.
Furthermore, a sweeping and ambiguous rule of this nature can do more harm than good. It may result in more "under-the-table" political activities, when those activities should be carried on in the open under the full light of publicity.
The matter should receive reconsideration by the council. The action of last week is not the answer.
Heard over KFKU recently: "And now Charles Byers will sing 'A song for Lovers.' He will be accompanied by 10 musicians and an oboe player."
We think that was unfair discrimination. It has been said that an oboe is "an ill woodwind that no one blows good," but let's give the oboe player a break and include him with the musicians.
Religious Leader To Advise Students
Dr. Russell H. Stafford, president of the Hartford Seminary foundation, will interview students interested in religious education, mission work, and parish ministry from 2 to 6 p. m. Monday in Myers all, the Rev. C. Fosberg Hughes, Lawrence Congregational minister, said today.
The former pastor of Old South church, Boston, will give advice and discuss religious work with students of any denomination.
Enroute to a state conference of Congregational churches in Great Bend, Dr. Stafford will pay the campus his second visit. He delivered the baccalureate address to the graduating class of 1927.
Alumna Displays Jewelry
Silver work done by Miss Lenora Knuth, '42, is on exhibit this month on the third floor, west Frank Strong hall. Miss Knuth makes the jewelry in her home. The costume jewelry includes rings, necklaces, bracelets, lapel pins, cuff links, and ear rings.
"How's that again?" department: A recent classified ad said: "For Sale: 1933 Chevrolet couple. motor just overhauled."
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Dear Editor--or opinions?
What an insult to the student body! What a travesty of legislation!
Blasts Resolution Against Mud-Slinging
Had I thought the persons for whom I voted in the last election could be capable of such narrow vision, I would probably have done as 60 per cent of the student body did and refrained from voting in disgust, and despaired of accomplishing any good.
York City.
How did it come about, this ruling against "mud-slinging?" Who proposed it? Who voted for it? Tell me their names and I assure you I shall never consider them again for council positions.
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Is it possible that any university student cannot realize that limiting freedom of expression of views and opinions in a democracy is the first step in the murder of that democracy?
Is it not just such a thing which our forefathers hoped to forestall when they provided for freedom of speech and freedom of the press?
Should we sit back and say, "Yes they're right. We do not know enough to be able to distinguish between truth and falsehood in campaign ballyhoo?" Are we all moronic that we should be protected from that which should be so obviously false and unimportant as to evoke little change in our attitudes
What would an election be without some "mud-slinging?" If it does nothing else, it indicates which party has the more clever men on its side; which party is able to marshal its facts to best advantage; which party has the most drive within its ranks.
Are we to eliminate the very factor which enables us best to judge our choice for voting? I say no! I believe that a canvass of student opinion will uphold my view.
I propose that the A.S.C. either put the matter to a student referendum or rescind this monstrous resolution of theirs.
Wallace W. Austin Education Junior
(Editor's Note: In fairness it should be pointed out that the action referred to in the above letter was taken by the outgoing sudent council and not by the newly elected members.
The measure was proposed by Donald Ong. The vote was made by a show of hands, and therefore there is no record of how council members voted. In order for the council to be bound to refer mea-
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